Bangkok Taxis 8th Cheapest In The World

It probably won’t come as a big surprise to most but Bangkok is in the top ten cheapest cities in the world to take a ride in a taxi, according to the 2017 Taxi Price Index, carried out by Carspring, a British online used car dealership.

Out of 80 of the most visited cities in the world Bangkok came in 8th spot on the survey based on taking a 3 kilometre trip which saw the far in a Bangkok cab amount to 55 baht (£1.25).

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The cheapest taxi in the world can apparently be found in Cairo, Egypt where the same distance ride will set you back 18.5 baht (£0.42) followed in second by Mumbai, India at 47 baht (£1.07) and Jakarta, Indonesia at 49 baht (£1.11).

The most expensive taxi was found to be in Zurich, Switzerland where the 3km trip could set you back as much as 1,160 baht (£26.47).

Other cities at the top of the list for being the most expensive included Geneva, Tokyo and Helsinki.